Articles for tag: John Wycliffe

We're All in This Together

This article acknowledging the contributions of “denominationalists” received much positive feedback from readers in the weeks following its publication 55 years ago. _ _ _ Our Debt to Denominationalists By James G. Van BurenFebruary 6, 1965; p. 9 We are, much more than we sometimes realize, indebted to denominationalists. By “we” I mean those of us committed to the Restoration ideal, who delight in designating ourselves as “undenominational” and as “Christians only.” By “denominationalists” I mean those who have not been aware, as far as we know, of the sinfulness of denominational divisions and who would be considered by us

How We Got THIS Bible (Part 2)

By Jon Weatherly The Bible”s history helps us understand why we have this Bible, not a tidier, easier-to-understand, simpler-to-explain Bible. We have the Bible because God acted in history to make himself known, and faithful people responded. What God did and how the faithful responded tells us how the Bible came to be and came to us. The fact that the process happens in history helps us understand why we have the Bible we have, instead of the one that some imagine. Last week, in Part One of this article, we considered how God acted in history. We examined what

How God’s Word Has Come to Us (Part 4): God’s Word Translated

By H. Lynn Gardner ABOUT THIS SERIES: January 20″”God”s Word Written. How did God communicate through prophets and Scripture writers? January 27″”God”s Word Collected. What is the canon and how can we be sure our Bibles contain the right books? Last Week””God”s Word Preserved. How close to the original are the Bible manuscripts we have today? Today””God”s Word Translated. How true to God”s Word are the English words available for us to read? After his conversion to Christ, Samuel I. J. Schereschewsky, a brilliant Lithuanian Jew, went as a missionary to China. A paralytic affliction occurred confining him to a

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